GRE Word List
SINECURE
an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |